The release process of dry-snow slab avalanches begins with a localized failure within a porous, weak snow layer beneath a cohesive slab. Subsequently, rapid crack propagation may occur within the weak layer, eventually leading to a tensile fracture across ...
This paper investigates the high cycle tensile fatigue behavior of steel rebar reinforced − UHPFRC elements, at a fatigue load ratio, i.e., R-ratio of 0.3, representative for structural applications. Prior to testing, magnetoscopy is conducted on each spec ...
High-performance concretes are increasingly employed in various civil engineering applications due to their exceptional short- and long-term performance. As a result, there is a significant need for simplified numerical simulation methods to effectively in ...
The distribution of geometrically necessary dislocation (GND) densities is critical to understanding the heterogeneous plastic deformation at intragranular scales in polycrystals. In this work, we performed an in situ electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD ...
The extraordinary property profiles of many biological materials derive from their hierarchical structure and control of order and disorder at different length scales. Application of these concepts to the design of synthetic polymers may provide new routes ...
